Tim Johnson
@timkjohnson.bsky.social
Just desperately hoping this will be my final [social media] resting place.
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Why would you move your manufacturing to America when next week the tariffs might half, or disappear, or double, or grow wings and fly, or be turned into a goblin, or become an emotion, or
April 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Why would you move your manufacturing to America when next week the tariffs might half, or disappear, or double, or grow wings and fly, or be turned into a goblin, or become an emotion, or
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I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
April 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
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Sometimes I am struck quite forcefully by how Trump’s greatest weapon is us: our collective ignorance, indifference, laziness, quickness to anger, willingness to cede reason to a strongman, willingness to believe the worst of the Other. We are his terrible swift sword.
Lutnick: "Let Donald Trump run the global economy. He's knows what he's doing. He's been talking about it for 35 years. You gotta trust Donald Trump in the White House ... it's broken. Let him fix it ... Let Donald Trump fix the American economy."
April 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Sometimes I am struck quite forcefully by how Trump’s greatest weapon is us: our collective ignorance, indifference, laziness, quickness to anger, willingness to cede reason to a strongman, willingness to believe the worst of the Other. We are his terrible swift sword.
It will be fascinating to see how drastically tourism to the US from other countries decreases in 2025.
“I hope you’re sitting down. For that six month period (April-Sept), the number of airline tickets booked between Canada and the United States is down anywhere from 71.4% to 75.7%.” onemileatatime.com/news/airline...
Airline Demand Between Canada & United States Collapses, Down 70%+
Future flight bookings between Canada and the United States are down by over 70% year-over-year in the summer months. WOW.
onemileatatime.com
March 27, 2025 at 12:35 PM
It will be fascinating to see how drastically tourism to the US from other countries decreases in 2025.
I believe those devices are called “Cybertrucks”
Officers found devices at the Tesla showroom that the Austin Police Department says were intended to start a fire.
(via @kutnews.bsky.social)
(via @kutnews.bsky.social)
Police find 'suspicious' devices at Tesla showroom in North Austin
The bomb squad was called in around 8 a.m. Monday to the showroom off 183. APD says the devices found were intended to start a fire.
www.kut.org
March 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I believe those devices are called “Cybertrucks”
The ‘Leopards Eating Peoples Faces Party,’ now coming to a face near you.
As the measles outbreak in Texas keeps spreading, parents who previously chose not to vaccinate their children are now lining up to get their kids the shots needed to protect them from the serious illness.
As Texas measles outbreak grows, parents are choosing to vaccinate kids
At least 124 people, mostly babies, children and teens, have been infected. Eighteen people have been hospitalized.
www.nbcnews.com
February 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The ‘Leopards Eating Peoples Faces Party,’ now coming to a face near you.
Just leopards eating people’s faces from top to bottom.
Sen. Mitch McConnell, the former Republican leader and a polio survivor, issued a statement in support of the polio vaccine, hours after The New York Times reported that the lawyer for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. petitioned regulators to withdraw the vaccine from the market. nyti.ms/4iwSCbV
McConnell Defends Polio Vaccine, an Apparent Warning to RFK Jr.
“Efforts to undermine public confidence in proven cures are not just uninformed — they’re dangerous,” said the former Republican leader, who is a polio survivor.
nyti.ms
December 14, 2024 at 12:49 AM
Just leopards eating people’s faces from top to bottom.
Happy "It was warm enough in Minneapolis to put up Christmas lights" to all who celebrated this weekend.
December 8, 2024 at 11:10 PM
Happy "It was warm enough in Minneapolis to put up Christmas lights" to all who celebrated this weekend.
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“I’ll stop drinking if you let me run the Pentagon” is maybe the most alcoholic thing anyone has ever said
December 5, 2024 at 2:38 AM
“I’ll stop drinking if you let me run the Pentagon” is maybe the most alcoholic thing anyone has ever said
What is the worst pasta and why is it angel hair?
December 5, 2024 at 4:01 AM
What is the worst pasta and why is it angel hair?
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like I understand where you're coming from here but they very much did cancel jesus.
November 29, 2024 at 12:43 PM
like I understand where you're coming from here but they very much did cancel jesus.
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I don’t think it will all fit in there.
November 20, 2024 at 2:10 PM
I don’t think it will all fit in there.
“Sir, what kind of adhesive should we use for the price stickers? One that just comes off easily?”
“No, you stupid child. Use the adhesive that will never, ever come off with any amount of scrubbing or scratching or rubbing. That’s how our customers know they’ve bought something of high-quality.”
“No, you stupid child. Use the adhesive that will never, ever come off with any amount of scrubbing or scratching or rubbing. That’s how our customers know they’ve bought something of high-quality.”
November 21, 2024 at 4:35 AM
“Sir, what kind of adhesive should we use for the price stickers? One that just comes off easily?”
“No, you stupid child. Use the adhesive that will never, ever come off with any amount of scrubbing or scratching or rubbing. That’s how our customers know they’ve bought something of high-quality.”
“No, you stupid child. Use the adhesive that will never, ever come off with any amount of scrubbing or scratching or rubbing. That’s how our customers know they’ve bought something of high-quality.”
Am I the only one that saw this and thought, "I couldn't fit this in any one of my kitchen drawers"
possibly controversial take but i think the new star foodservice heavy duty stainless steel 18/8 steak weight/grill press is the epitome of aesthetically pleasing kitchenware design
November 19, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Am I the only one that saw this and thought, "I couldn't fit this in any one of my kitchen drawers"
Absolutely beautiful morning at Clark Lake in Nisswa , MN.
November 19, 2024 at 3:35 AM
Absolutely beautiful morning at Clark Lake in Nisswa , MN.
This has real Minnesota workplace energy: "Ope, just goonna cut off a bit of that donut there, sorry."
there's something profoundly haunting about a left-behind five sevenths of a donut
November 15, 2024 at 3:53 PM
This has real Minnesota workplace energy: "Ope, just goonna cut off a bit of that donut there, sorry."
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Looking forward to learning how appointing an accused child-sex-trafficker as AG and a suspected Russian asset as DNI will lower the price of eggs
November 14, 2024 at 2:46 AM
Looking forward to learning how appointing an accused child-sex-trafficker as AG and a suspected Russian asset as DNI will lower the price of eggs
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Do you think Ariel ate the scallops whose shells she wears as a bra or that they’re still in there and that’s how they’re suctioned to her boobs?
Boss: I meant any questions about the presentation.
Boss: I meant any questions about the presentation.
November 13, 2024 at 11:52 AM
Do you think Ariel ate the scallops whose shells she wears as a bra or that they’re still in there and that’s how they’re suctioned to her boobs?
Boss: I meant any questions about the presentation.
Boss: I meant any questions about the presentation.
I’m also going to behave strangely until this resolves.
Wait, you were talking about Trump being elected, right?
Wait, you were talking about Trump being elected, right?
We're diagnosing an internal system outage. You should be able browse normally, but actions (posts, like, follows) will behave strangely until this resolves.
November 13, 2024 at 10:22 PM
I’m also going to behave strangely until this resolves.
Wait, you were talking about Trump being elected, right?
Wait, you were talking about Trump being elected, right?
Matt Gaetz as attorney general is the epitome of “play stupid games, win stupid prizes.”
November 13, 2024 at 10:09 PM
Matt Gaetz as attorney general is the epitome of “play stupid games, win stupid prizes.”
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Literally reads like one of the episodes in the last season of the Apprentice. Jazz hands stunts by pathetic attention seekers who were utterly ignored in the look-at-me-mommy period of their lives and now making us all pay for their trauma.
November 13, 2024 at 4:31 AM
Literally reads like one of the episodes in the last season of the Apprentice. Jazz hands stunts by pathetic attention seekers who were utterly ignored in the look-at-me-mommy period of their lives and now making us all pay for their trauma.
The thing that’s hardest for me right now is that every person I know who studies history is very worried, and everyone who has the memory of a fruit fly seems really excited.
November 13, 2024 at 12:50 AM
The thing that’s hardest for me right now is that every person I know who studies history is very worried, and everyone who has the memory of a fruit fly seems really excited.
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The plural of anecdote is not data, thank you for coming to my Ted talk.
October 30, 2023 at 5:00 AM
The plural of anecdote is not data, thank you for coming to my Ted talk.
Weed has been legal in Minnesota for a few months now. I suppose we were always going to arrive here at some point.
How much flour would it take to turn Lake Superior into bread?
A teenager's question sent Curious Minnesota down a leavened labyrinth to conjure a Lake Superior Loaf.
m.startribune.com
October 29, 2023 at 2:25 PM
Weed has been legal in Minnesota for a few months now. I suppose we were always going to arrive here at some point.